Learn about games, athletes, equipment, training, injuries, and sporting events with books written for young sports fans and students. The Sports collection introduces children to popular sports while also examining the people, science, health, history, and equipment connected with athletic competition.
Readers can explore basketball, baseball, boxing, auto racing, Olympic events, extreme sports, and other athletic activities. Books about the Summer and Winter Olympic Games introduce major events, traditions, and facts connected with international competition.
Several titles focus on famous athletes. Students can read about figures such as Michael Jordan, Muhammad Ali, Tiger Woods, David Beckham, Jimmie Johnson, and James Naismith. These books combine sports with biography and give readers opportunities to learn about athletic careers, achievements, challenges, and the development of particular games.
The collection also looks at the practical side of sports. Readers can learn about sports equipment, what athletes eat, common sports injuries, and the causes and treatment of injuries. Science-focused titles examine the physical principles involved in sports, helping students connect athletic movement with concepts studied in science.
Trivia and quiz books offer another way for young readers to test what they know and discover new sports facts.
Designed for students across PK-12, with a concentration of titles for elementary and middle-grade readers, the Sports collection can support physical education, health, science, biography, classroom research, and recreational reading.
Whether a child follows a favorite athlete, wants to understand how a sport works, enjoys Olympic competition, or wants to learn more about athletic health and equipment, this collection combines sports information with educational reading.
